Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the key Thousand Guineas lead-up

The Thousand Guineas is a mile feature held at Caulfield Racecourse in early to mid-October every Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival for three-year-old fillies and is worth a lucrative $1 million in prize money. One of four Group 1 features on Caulfield Guineas Day, the 1600m set weights features was first run in 1946 and from 1988 – 2013 it took place on a Wednesday during the Spring Carnival. It has held elite level status since 1979 and notable Thousand Guineas winners include Wenona Girl (1960), Alinghi (2004), Miss Finland (2006) and Atlantic Jewel (2011).

This year the 2020 Thousand Guineas ran on Saturday October 10, 2020 and was won in an upset by Odeum. 

2020 Thousand Guineas Results

The official Thousand Guineas 2020 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday October 10, 2020.

• 1st: #9 Odeum
• 2nd: #4 Personal
• 3rd: #3 Instant Celebrity

Odeum ($9) was too good for her rivals in the 2020 Thousand Guineas results scoring a nearly two length upset in the mile classic at Caulfield. 

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	9	ODEUM	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker		3	55.5kg		$9
	2	4	PERSONAL	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damien Oliver	1.75L	7	55.5kg		$16
	3	3	INSTANT CELEBRITY	Phillip Stokes	Craig Williams	1.95L	8	55.5kg		$4.20
	4	6	ECUMENICAL	Mick Huxtable	John Allen	2.7L	12	55.5kg		$31
	5	12	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jamie Kah	3.45L	13	55.5kg		$31
	6	2	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Damian Lane	5.2L	1	55.5kg		$16
	7	1	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	5.3L	2	55.5kg		$2.60F
	8	10	ROCK MY WAND	Matthew Smith	Luke Currie	5.8L	4	55.5kg		$41
	9	11	MOZZIE MONSTER	John Sadler	Jordan Childs	5.9L	10	55.5kg		$91
	10	7	AIDENSFIELD	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	6L	6	55.5kg		$16
	11	5	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	8.25L	9	55.5kg		$10
	12	8	NIGHT RAID	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	8.55L	11	55.5kg		$31
	13	13	LOVE SENSATION	Kevin Corstens	Luke Nolen	12.55L	5	55.5kg		$71
		14	YOSEMITE (NZ)	Robbie Griffiths	William Pike		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Thousand Guineas Race Info

• Date: Saturday October 10, 2020
• Track: Caulfield Racecourse
• Distance: 1600m
• Conditions: 3YO Fillies at Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1,000,000
• First Run: 1946

Thousand Guineas Betting

Thousand Guineas betting markets open months ahead of the event and offer great value in the all-in odds. Closer to race day once the field is released the markets firm and are usually dominated by fillies that ran top three in the lead-up.

Six of the Thousand Guineas winners from 2012-20 all finished in the money in their final Group start, the latest being Amphitrite (2018) who came off a lead-up victory in the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington and Odeum (2020) won won a Black-Type at the track in her lead-up. The favourite saluted in the Thousand Guineas betting seven times from 2006-20 most recently with Flit ($2.35 in 2019) .

2020 Thousand Guineas Odds

The updated Thousand Guineas 2020 betting odds and links to our Group 1 Caulfield racing markets will be available below throughout the season so stay tuned for the best pricing on your Thousand Guineas tips.

Thousand Guineas Tips

Thousand Guineas tips feature the season’s top fillies that have good earlier spring form. The traditional lead-up races into the Group 1 include the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude with the double last achieved by Irish Lights (2009) and the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes that a host of Thousand Guineas winners have come via since 2006 including Amphitrite (2018) who did the double.

Other good Thousand Guineas betting tips include looking for fillies drawn in single-digit barriers with the only fillies to salute from wider than barrier nine being Serious Speed (10 of 14 in 2007) and Amphitrite (15 of 15 in 2018).

2020 Thousand Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas 2020 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the mile showdown this spring.

Thousand Guineas Field

Good lead-up races for fillies heading into the Thousand Guineas field include the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) run at Flemington the Saturday prior, and Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) that Global Glamour (2016) won on way to her Thousand Guineas success.

The Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas interstate mile double was also recently completed by Guelph (2013).

The Thousand Guineas field attracts a line-up of the season’s best three-year-old fillies each season, the majority of which come off a traditional lead-up run a fortnight earlier in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m). The Thousand Guineas Prelude – Thousand Guineas double hasn’t been achieved since Irish Lights (2009), but a subsequent three Thousand Guineas winners came off a Prelude run with Amicus (2nd in 2014), Stay With Me (6th in 2015) and Flit (9th in 2019).

2020 Thousand Guineas Final Field

The Thousand Guineas 2020 Final Field and Barriers are set for release at 9:00am (local time) on October 6, 2020 and will be published in full below.

The 2020 Thousand Guineas field features 14 fillies including last weekend’s Group 1 Flight Stakes runner-up Hungry Heart to be ridden by the 2019 winning hoop Hugh Bowman, and Thermosphere for last year’s winning trainer James Cummings backing-up off her Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes win at Flemington last Saturday. 

• Scratched: #14 Yosemite (1)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	215×222	HUNGRY HEART	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	55.5kg		95
2	42110×2851	THERMOSPHERE	James Cummings	Damian Lane	2	55.5kg		88
3	1111	INSTANT CELEBRITY	Phillip Stokes	Craig Williams	9	55.5kg		86
4	2130×52	PERSONAL	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Damien Oliver	8	55.5kg		84
5	1622×433	VANGELIC	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	10	55.5kg		88
6	15115×86	ECUMENICAL	Mick Huxtable	John Allen	13	55.5kg		75
7	11×22	AIDENSFIELD	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	Daniel Stackhouse	7	55.5kg		74
8	4×114	NIGHT RAID	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra	12	55.5kg		75
9	151	ODEUM	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Michael Walker	4	55.5kg		75
10	332153×623	ROCK MY WAND	Matthew Smith	Luke Currie	5	55.5kg		74
11	1138	MOZZIE MONSTER	John Sadler	Jordan Childs	11	55.5kg		68
12	1×446	AGREEABLE	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Jamie Kah	14	55.5kg		64
13	3×215	LOVE SENSATION	Kevin Corstens	Luke Nolen	6	55.5kg		66
14	3×187	YOSEMITE (NZ)	Robbie Griffiths	William Pike	1	55.5kg		62

   Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2020 Thousand Guineas Nominations

The early Thousand Guineas 2020 Nominations are taken on August 4, 2020 and are set to attract over 200 fillies. The field is then determined after First & Second Acceptances in September.

The 2020 Thousand Guineas nominations attracted 238 hopefuls including Chris Waller’s Sweet Embrace Stakes winner Hungry Heart, the Phillip Stokes-trained Instant Celebrity and Blue Diamond placed Personal who were also the only three fillies nominated for the Caulfield Guineas in 2020.